1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him,
Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and
not live. 2Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 3Remember now, O Jehovah, I
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a
perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore. 4And it came to pass, before Isaiah
was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of
Jehovah came to him, saying, 5Turn back, and say to
Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:
behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the
house of Jehovah. 6And I will add unto thy days fifteen
years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the
king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and
for my servant David's sake. 7And Isaiah said, Take a
cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered.

8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be
the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the
house of Jehovah the third day? 9And Isaiah said, This
shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the
thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or
go back ten steps? 10And Hezekiah answered, It is a
light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the
shadow return backward ten steps. 11And Isaiah the
prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps
backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

12At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick. 13And Hezekiah hearkened unto
them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the
silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the
house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there
was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
showed them not. 14Then came Isaiah the prophet unto
king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from
whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a
far country, even from Babylon. 15And he said, What have
they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my
house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I
have not showed them.

16And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah,
Hear the word of Jehovah. 17Behold, the days come, that
all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be
left, saith Jehovah. 18And of thy sons that shall issue
from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they
shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which
thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth
shall be in my days? 20Now the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the
conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21And
Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his
stead.

21 2 Kings 21

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Hephzibah. 2And he did that which was
evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations
whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel. 3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as
did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and
served them. 4And he built altars in the house of
Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two
courts of the house of Jehovah. 6And he made his son to
pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments,
and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
7And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had
made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his
son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; 8neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of
the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do
according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all
the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9But they
hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil
more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children
of Israel.

10And Jehovah spake by his servants the
prophets, saying, 11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath
done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the
Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin
with his idols; 12therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God
of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that
whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man
wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver
them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey
and a spoil to all their enemies; 15because they have
done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger,
since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this
day.

16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much,
till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his
sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah. 17Now the rest of the acts of
Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in
the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son
reigned in his stead.

19Amon was twenty and two years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of
Jotbah. 20And he did that which was evil in the sight of
Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father. 21And he walked in
all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his
father served, and worshipped them: 22and he forsook
Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of
Jehovah. 23And the servants of Amon conspired against
him, and put the king to death in his own house. 24But
the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king
Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his
stead. 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? 26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the
garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

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